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stevemac

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YADB - CD data inconsistent
« on: March 01, 2014, 07:41:10 pm »

Hi,

Ripped a 2 disk various artists disk this morning (1st one in a long time) & noticed some inconsistencies with the CD data returned from YADB
  • Disk 1 - Artist field was populated with Various Artists, however Disk 2 had the correct artist populated
  • Disk 1 - Album name has correct name with "Disk 1" appended.  Disk 2 as correct name with "Cd2" appended

Aside from re-tagging (which I've done) do I have any control on how YADB returns data (eg "Disk 1" v "Cd1")
If I submit data to YADB, how are my changes vetted?

Thanks,

Steve

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Re: YADB - CD data inconsistent
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2014, 07:57:47 pm »

Further to my initial post, the 2nd CD a ripped (ie the one that had the correct Artist information), is not appearing the the default view: Audio - Artists as a Multiple Artists disk.  I'm assuming this is because MC isn't recognising the tracks belong to the same CD.  Any idea on how to fix this - I have noticed the file path for these tracks is ...\Artist\Album\Track whereas CD1 is ...\Various Artists\Album\Track

thanks,

Steve
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Re: YADB - CD data inconsistent
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2014, 09:46:11 pm »

There's no control over how data is returned from YADB.  User submissions are based on popularity of the submitted data I believe.

When ripping a multiple artists CD, be sure to either check the box for Multiple Artists before ripping, or ensure that your Options > Location > Audio rules take multiple artists albums into account.
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Re: YADB - CD data inconsistent
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2014, 10:26:55 pm »

Thanks MrC

I guess the curious thing is I didn't change settings between rips.

Where is the Multiple Artists checkbox?  I can see it in the Rename, Move & Copy utility (& it was checked), but haven't found it elsewhere.
In the ruleset for Audio location, would you please recommend an approach to handling multiple artist CDs.  My current rules are
  • Folder Rule = [Artist]\[Album]
  • Filename Rule = padnumber([Track #],2) - [Name]

I have disabled auto-rip mode so I can correct things before ripping starts.

Thanks again for your help,

Steve
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Re: YADB - CD data inconsistent
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2014, 10:34:57 pm »

The checkbox appears in the CD rip dialog that opens when you insert a CD; the dialog will open if you're in the Drives & Devices view, or you can click the Edit Disc Information button.
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Re: YADB - CD data inconsistent
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2014, 10:53:52 pm »

Thanks MrC
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